BFBM – Barroso Fontelles, Barcellos, Mendonça & Associados is experienced at handling data protection and privacy matters for major international corporations and domestic companies, with a particular focus on the banking, technology and telecoms sectors. Standing out for its skills in litigation before the superior and constitutional courts, the department is under the leadership of André Zanatta, who draws on his previous in-house experience at a Big Tech company to advise major tech clients on data privacy and information security breaches. Digital law specialist Eduardo Mendonça focuses on technology and data protection-related cases before the Brazilian superior courts. Felipe Terra assists with privacy and data breach cases, while associate Fernanda Mascarenhas supports clients with emerging tech matters and LGPD compliance issues.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The firm's privacy team stands out for its agility and quick, close and efficient attention to clients. They also offer a qualified and up-to-date service.'
- 'André Zanatta stands out for the kindness, client service and quality of its team.'
Key clients
- Meta
- Apple
- TikTok (ByteDance)
- IFood
- Mercado Livre
- JusBrasil
- Telefonica
- Nubank
- Itaú Unibanco
- Coca-Cola
- unico IDTech
- Stone
Work highlights
- Representing Google in a case against an order issued by a criminal court to perform a suspect search based on the search engine history of its users.
- Assisting Google Brasil Internet with challenging a series of court orders demanding the provision of geolocation data of plaintiffs in lawsuits discussing the payment of labour claims.
- Assisting iFood with assessing thousands of requests for data taking into account the Brazilian legal system.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
André Zanatta